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The airship is only available in the internal test branch, which isn't publicly available yet
We tested the first functional 'airship' this week! It's suitably called Prototype_Flying_Box. It's ugly, it's primitive, but it contains the basics of flight in Colony Survival. The flight mechanics will be improved next week, but we'd love to show you the current state of things:
https://youtu.be/I_6aKvzQaUk
Our original plan was to add some kind of zeppelin / hot air balloon. When we tested the first prototype, it felled more like some kind of powered glider. We realized we actually preferred that! It's more fun to glide over hills and treetops than to float at a stable high altitude.
The current 'airship' is pretty slow and we believe we can make the flight mechanics more exciting. But even in this primitive state, it feels like a game changer. Traveling the world by foot, dodging trees and climbing hills block by block, gets old and boring fast. It makes many 0.7.0 features, like the new world design, different biomes in distant areas, multiple colonies and trading, less fun and relevant than they ought to be. But now that we've got a decent option for transportation, it really feels like the update is coming together!
Here's our intended 0.7.0 gameplay, and how far these parts are done:
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